Call for Nominations for At-Large University Senate Position Spring 2009 for term beginning in 2009-2010

Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:54:42 -0500
Subject: From Faculty Alert: Call for nominations for at-large
university senate position
From: Deborah Vess <deborah.vess@gcsu.edu>
To: "GCSU Faculty" <faculty@list.gcsu.edu>

Dr. Deborah Vess’s term as an at-large Senator expires at the end of the
2008-2009 academic year. This is a call for nominations to elect a
replacement. The person elected will be serving a three-year term
(2009-2012).

University Senate Bylaws require:
- A secret ballot after open nominations.
- The eligibility requirements to serve as an elected faculty senator are:
(i) Inclusion on the Corps of Instruction list used to determine
apportionment
(ii) Completion of two years of service at the time the person takes
office.
- Eligibility to vote is membership in the Corps of Instruction. A list of
the Corps of Instruction is available at

http://info.gcsu.edu/intranet/univ_senate/Elections_0910//COI2008.xls

To begin the process, nominations will be accepted from members of the
University Corps of Instruction. Nominations should be sent electronically
to Carol Dean Baker (dean.baker@gcsu.edu) by February 18, 2009.

Nominees will be contacted and included on a ballot should they accept
nomination. Each member of the Corps of Instruction will have the
opportunity to vote by secret ballot for one candidate, and that vote will
occur Monday February 23rd through Thursday February 26, 2009. The candidate
who earns the most votes will be declared the At-Large University Senator.

If an At-Large senator needs to be replaced during his or her term of
service or an additional At-Large senator needs to be added to the
University Senate, the candidate who received the second highest number of
votes in the election will be contacted to determine his or her willingness
to serve. If necessary, the candidate who received the third highest number
of votes will be contacted. This process will continue until either a
candidate in the prior election agrees to serve or all candidates in the
prior election decline to serve. If none of the candidates from the prior
election wishes to serve, a replacement election will be conducted in
compliance with the University Senate Bylaws.

To avoid nominating a faculty member already scheduled to serve on the
University Senate, a list of the faculty that will be serving on the
University Senate for the 2009-2010 academic year is available at:

http://info.gcsu.edu/intranet/univ_senate/Elections_0910/

If you have any questions concerning this election for an At-Large Senator,
please contact Carol Dean Baker at dean.baker@gcsu.edu or 478-741-8797.

Further information about the election process for the at-large university
senate position is attached.